Dec 31, 2018
Professional Development Be a Catalyst for Change…Become a Green Schools National Network Member The green schools movement is the most critical education reform initiative of our time. Through the Green Schools National Network (GSNN) membership program, you can show...
Dec 6, 2018
Green Schools National Network is excited to partner again with The Center for Green Schools at USGBC to co-present the Best of Green Schools 2019. The Best of Green Schools celebrates the hard work being done—by people, schools, campuses and organizations—to...
Nov 13, 2018
By. Casey Fritz, Associate Project Coordinator, Strategic Energy Innovations Strategic Energy Innovations’ (SEI) zero waste programs are working to help schools and districts around San Francisco’s Bay Area make the move to sustainable waste management. SEI...
Nov 13, 2018
By. Katy Mamen and Lisa Hoyos, Sierra Club’s Climate Parents Program In an era where local governments and municipal leaders are embracing the need to address climate change, the movement for 100% clean energy cities, businesses, and school districts is...
Nov 13, 2018
By. Ryder Delaloye, Curriculum Director, Whitefish School District The community of Whitefish, Montana, which sits in the shadow of Glacier National Park, is situated in one of the largest wilderness areas in the continental United States. Mountain ranges...
Nov 13, 2018
By. Greg Christian and Marnie Record, Beyond Green Sustainable Food Partners A 2012 food waste study at a Boston middle school determined that 26.1% of the total food budget ended up in the garbage. If translated nationally for school lunches, roughly...
Nov 13, 2018
By. Tom Yohemas Reprinted with permission from Teaching Teens about Climate Change, Green Teacher, 2017, 80pp. Learn more about Green Teacher’s nonprofit magazine and books at...
Nov 13, 2018
Professional Development Be a Catalyst for Change…Become a Green Schools National Network Member The green schools movement is the most critical education reform initiative of our time. Through the Green Schools National Network (GSNN) membership program, you can show...
Nov 1, 2018
By. Tina Nilsen-Hodges It’s day one of the first-ever Green Schools Catalyst Leaders Fall Summit at Conserve School in Land O’Lakes, Wisconsin. A cold October rain is pelting my umbrella as I gingerly position my sit-upon just off the forest trail. Clutching my...
Oct 16, 2018
By. Gretchen Hooker, Program Manager, Biomimicry Institute When two students in Kirstin Bullington’s clean energy engineering class decided to take on the challenge of designing a more efficient solar panel, they looked to a seemingly unlikely source for...
